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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

TIE majority in the Senate relaxed their
iron-clad rule yesterday SO far as to allow the
minority to present a report in the Mcdonald
Branaman case. The report was presented
by Senator Dresser on behalf of himself and
Republican colleagues on the committee, and
was an able and exhaustive review Of the case.
It showed much care and labor in its prepare
ton and reflected credit on its trainers. With
out at present going into the details of the re-
port, we may remark that it demolished the
manufactured case against Senator Mcdonald
and demonstrated beyond doubt, first, that
he was wrongly and illegally unseated and,
second, that even if he was guilty Of bribery,
as charged, Branaman was even more
guilty, and could not, by any pretense of law
or justice, be held entitled to the seat. There
is of course, no probability that the Demo-
Gratis will reconsider their action in the case,
but the minority of the committee deserve
public thanks for making the record so clear
And it should not be forgotten that it is by
the votes of such manufactured members of
the General Assembly as Branaman that the
Democrats are proposing to elect United
States Senator.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26
The New York Herald prints large

The New York Herald prints large num-
Der Of opinions from railroad men and ship
pers relative to the operation and effect of the
interstate commerce bill. They illustrate the
old copy book legend. ''many men Of many
minds, for no two are alike. From the rnass,
however, we Gull one point worth noting. Hon.
Chauncey NJ. Depew, president Of the New
York Central, in the course of pretty long
interview, said:
'Al this fuss and worry over the bill does
not disturb me very much. 1 have seen this
country go to ruin so many times that have
about concluded that it can't be ruined. Every
four years it has gone to ruin regularly. When
| first hogan to make stump speeches be-
lieved that from my heart, and always said SO.
[ know more now"
Good for Mr.. Depew. His head is level on
the main question. This country is not wagged
by the railroads, nor by any other interest
however large, nor by any political party, how
ever powerful. AS Mr.. Depew saws, it is al
ways going to ruin, but somehow or other it
always manages to pull through and come out
better and stronger than ever.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26
A QUESTIONABLE BILL.

Senate Bill 4S, introduced by Senator
Schloss, of Vigo, is slap at the coroners that
will not be relished. 1t requires that before
an inquest is held an affidavit shall be fled by
some citizen, thus cutting off immediate ac-
ton on the part of the coroner, and permit
ting time to elapse in which evidences of
crime may be entirely wiped out. Ordinarily
the coroner acts on report and information
A funeral might be conducted before an af-
fdavit is filed and sworn to.
The bill essentially cuts off all coroners
deputies and clerks, by requiring that the
coroner shall himself take the testimony in all
coronial inquests in writing So far as fees
are concerned, it reduces the office to a mere
bagatelle and leaves it, as Coroner Wagner
said, not worth the powder to blow it up. For
the first day in case 81 is allowed and So. 80
for each day thereafter, instead of $40 the first
day, according to the present law Coroners are
almostinvariably physicians, ant cannot afford
to go to the extremes of a county to sit two OF
three days on a case at the wages of day
laborer, and 5 cents mileage, which the bill
provides. The bill repeals all former laws,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

In publishing an article purporting to
give an account of the inception Of the
so-called compromise" the Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette used as a headline, cit
Had the Unqualified Approval of General
Harrison" Senator Harrison was not con-
suited upon the terms of the agree
ment, and did not know of it until told upon
thestreet, after it had been agreed to and made
public in the joint convention. This is SIM
ply the statement of fact, and is made upon
our own knowledge. The fact was published
at the time the agreement was given to the
public
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

all the good it did. The, dirty
little scheme went through for all it
was worth. Of course so soon as Auditor
Carr reaches his Office this morning he and
Mr.. Griffin will hold meeting, and turn the
intruder out neck and heels. This may not
be in strict keeping with Flaw and order but
it is what any man would do who had the
spirit of a mouse. The election was pusil
luminous performance, and the Republican
officers should elect their own clerk before II
o'clock to-day. There need be no Compromise
10 this matter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

THE Evansville Journal is disposed to look
favorablv upon the celebrated compromise,
otherwise known as the surrender, because
from, the way in which matters were going
previous to the compromise it was easy to see
that the session would be barren of useful re-
suits and frittered away in quarrels." To
measure the business and weight of this OBJ
servation, it is only necessary to note the
peace and harmony which now reign, and the
.eadiness with which the members of the As
sembly unite in bringing about important
legislation"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

WE remarked yesterday that the passage Of
the retaliation bill by the Senate would doubt
less cause considerable comment in Canada
and England A Toronto dispatch says the
news caused much excitement among Cana
lian shippers, and lad greatly intensified the
feeling against the Canadian government.
AS general election for members Of the
Canadian Parliament is pending, it is be-
lieved a strong pressure viii be brought to
bear in favor of prompt settlement of the
question on bssis favorable to the United
States
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26
The Plea for Harmony.

To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
There seems to be very urgent desire on the
part of the compromise Republicans Of the
Legislature to purge themselves of contempt of
the people of the State. Two reasons for the
course taken by them are apparent Ore is bold
~ and eagerly seized upon and put forward as
being sufficient and that is harmony" AS long
as the English language can furnish words. and
those words can be strung together in glossy
string of sentences, so long vii! we always have
glorious tribute paid to the beauties of harmony
1t was always So 1t will always be So What
fervid appeals were made to the man Jesus and
his ministers to cease their disturbing contro-
versy with the world and to go away and be ST.
lent SO that there might be harmony. How
easily could the one great step in civilization
the Reformatioh-hav been delayed for centur-
les, all in the interest of harmony. Had Luther
held his tongue and pen, and shrunk back from
the rerrors of the Inquisition, and quailed
before dos King kings ana popes' and con-
dered up fundamental trusts. harmony
would have spread her gentle wing over the
world, and the liberty of conscience would have
been suppressed for many dark century. How
foolish were the stern old patriots Of re- Thin
of the harmony they could have enioved had
they only been wise enough to see that
penny or so on pound of tea and a stamp on a
piece OF paper was really nothing to have fuss
about. But, very foolishly. they insisted that
in the paying of the few cents of tax
and the use of the stamped paper a
vital principle would be conceded and
surrendered, and rather than this they starved
and trnze, and fought and suffered for many a
weary year. Had they possessed the wisdom of
our modern statesmen we would now be honored
with our Lord governor from England as our
ruler. and we would also be allowed, on stated
occasions, to kiss the hand of the Queen.
What stupendous and criminal folly actuated
the great Lincoln in tenaciously holding to the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

went so far in his excitement as to threaten
that Oberly would go out and shoot the
wicked liar and slanderer" in his tracks. IF
Mr.. Edgerton and his associates have really
been guilty of no favoritism or partisan rul-
ings, or other crookedness, there is really no
cause for such fierce Indignation. The Com
to the public that he doth protest too much.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26
In Distress of Mina

TO the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journar,
l am much distressed in mind, so that siaeo
departs from me. or refuses to come which il
worse. / have been thinking of a possibility.
Suppose Colonel Robertson is not the Iieuten-
ant-governor;. then, suppose that Governor
Gray should go to the Senate, or to the asylum
for the insane, or go over Jordan; then WHAT
How would it readl Certainly not Green
Smith, acknowledgements, acting Governor
as Lieutenant governor Baker wrote it, when he
acted as Governor; for Green Smith is not now,
never was, and never will be Lieutenant-gov
ernor How then9 Would he write if, Green
Smith, Senator from jennings, President pro
tenn. of the Senate when theiSenatei Is in session.
now acting GOVERNOR That would not be bad;
but who would act as President OF the Senate in
such a case, and what would Jennings county do
for Senator, in of war with Canada, now
imminent and the Indiana Legislature should be
called in extra session to protect northern
borders. Would Jennings have to go uurepre-
scented on the floor and in the chair2 Would the
acting Governor lay aside the robes guberna-
toriai and resume the gavels Then who would
be GOVERNOR Or would he close the Governors
Office long enough to preside in the Senate and
open it of evenings! Then suppose the Senate
should elect another President In that case
Green Smith would not be the President pro
tenn. of the Senate. consequently he would not
be acting Governor. for the law does not make
an ex-President the acting Governor. Then.
too, what would become of old Jennings countyf
If she should elect a Senator-,nd she cannot
afford to be unrepresented in case of war-that
might complicate things Would not the SenA-
tor, President, acting Governor have to
be lively to flop from thing
to another as occasion demanded He
would be in worse fix than the
ssupperglottis," in the hypothetical A trav-
cling lecturer on anatomy was once enightening
a backwoods audience ON the wonderful struct-
ure of the human frame. Said he: There is =
little flap just ut the upper end of woosen called
the upperglottis. Its Office is to close throat
when you are swallowing solids and the other
when you swallowing liquids" "Whewi"
said some fellow on back seat .You don't
mean to contradict me?n said the lecturer tartly.
mo- not that far be that from me-" answered
the man on the back seat II was just a-thinkin'
how all fired fast that blamed thing would have
to flop when a fellow is eatn mush and milk"
The Senator from Jennings acting as Senator,
aud as President Of the Senate, and as Governor
all at once or in rapid succession-wouldn't he
have to flop all fred fast to keep up2 1t Is that
which keeps me wake o nights. U. i. SEE.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

ty it would reduce the office to about $500 a
yeai, and compel the resignation of any COM
petent man. While apparently in the inter-
ests Of economy and reform, the bill is SUBJ
versive of all effort on the part of the coroner
to determine crime and the cause of death,
and should be promptly sat down upon. It is
clearly against public policy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

SPEAKING of the protest of the people of
jackson county against the outrage of unseat-
ing Mcdonald and seating Branaman, the cor
respondent Of the Courier-J Journal says:
This is on par with the action of
the Republican majority in the House.
which resolved one day that, the courts
and common sense to the contrary
Notwithstanding, it intended to recoe-
nize Col. Bob Robertson. and Ito other. as
Lieutenant governor. The next day the Re-
publican majority backed down. and was very
glad to recognize Green Smith, the legal
Lieutenant-governor the presiding officer
of the joint convention"
That is the Democratic understanding Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

THE Republicans of the State of Indiana elected at
least seventysix legal members of the Legislature
and could and should elect the United States Senator
Journal.
The election returns didn't show it. On the
contrary, they showed that the ''other fell
lows" were the "seventy-six" party.-News.
And the returns showed that Albert
Ayres had been elected criminal judge and
Frank Morrison coroner in this county But
they are not holding those offices now.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

great principle Of one government for ono peo-
pie when all be had to do was to concede it to se-
cure harmonyi
Harmony purchased by the surrender Of
the right is always dear purchase. and Il re-
mains to be seen if the present COMPROMISE Of
the Republicans of the Indiana Legislature will
DC an exception. The second reason for the
surrender. but one which is carefully ignored
but yet very apparent, is that the Republicans
we're very badly frightened. Shades Of Oliver
T. Morton deliver US! Wn L HALL.
GEssIE Ind. Ian 25
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

JUDGING from the fuss of the Washing
ton correspondents are making over the new
baby in Secretary Whitney's family, that in
fants arrival must have been heralded by brass
band. Considering the manner in which less
important events in that household cele-
brated, not to have had band and not to have
notified reporters would have been to neglect and
slight the little Whitney. This, as has been re-
marked previously. is the era of "Jeffersonian
simplicity
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

The Lafayette Call, after remarking that
Legislature makes laws for the courts to
administer, asks with some excitement and
;ndignat'an. Can the courts force an officer
on the Leeislature9' Without going into the
legal merits of the question, it must be ad-
mitted that they can and do For particulars,
soc Green Snlith and other compromisers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

AND so, according to Congressman Bynum,
forgery is to be added to the list of Demo
cratic sins perpetrated during this session Of
the Legislature to secure the election of a
United States Senator. The bogus dispatch
to Robinson had no effect, but that wasn't the
fault of the nimble- minded person who wroteit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

THE Governor of the State, and the Auditor
Of State, whose term of Office expired at mid
night last night, got together yesterday, ac-
cepted the resignation of Mr.. J. B. Maynard,
clerk Of the printing board, and proceeded to
elect Democrat to the Office. Secretary of
State Griffin, of whose department the clerk
;s an attache, protested, but that was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

THE Supreme Court of Illinois has decided
that the State Normal School, at Normal, is
not State institution, but private eleemos-
ynary corporation. and as such has no legal
claim on the Legislature for support. The
decision is the result of protracted litigation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

Mr.. INGALLS, wanted to be sure whether
meant war before he sailed in and then he
sailed. IL the British lion will take the
trouble to cast her eye over Mr.. Ingalls's
neither faint nor feeble remarks, she will
learn precisely what the majority Of Ameri-
can people think about her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

In ought to be remembered, i'll the discus
sion Of the question Of the senatorship, that
Representative Robinson is a Democratic
Greenbacker. He was elected as Democrat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26
the case.

COMMISSIONER EDGERToN is reported to
have used profane and violent language when
he heard that the Civilservice Board had been
publicly accused Of corrupt practices. The
irate old gentleman from Fort Wayne even
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

GOVERNOR FITzHUGH LEE, of Virginia, was
banqueted in St. Paul by the Magnolia and
Opossum clubs, Of that city. Surely there is
something in a The magnolia is the
queen of Southern flowers and the opossum the
most toothsome of marsupial quadrupeds
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

The United States Senate rejected the reso-
luton proposing to submit woman suffrage
amendment to the Constitution, by vote Of
16 to 81. The affirmative vote was entirely
Republican,; every Democrat who voted was
recorded in the negative.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

TURPIE was Speaker Of the State House of
Representatives in 1875, the session when the
Baxter local option bill was repealed, and the
Liquor dealers Association bill passed. Turpie
acted in the House chair, with his gavel, much
as Green Smith now does in the Senate. The
late Gen. w. FL. Fl. Terrell wrote and published
the following mpromptu in the Journal of Feb
g. 1875:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26
Democrat.

Mr.. JUSTICE GRAY, Of the United States
Supreme Court declines to sit in the hearing
Of the Bell telephone case, because be has two
sisters. two brothers and six cousins who own
telephone stock. They own in the aggregate
mo sharas
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

SENATOR BARRETT righteously declared,
yesterday, that no longer should free speech
be denied upon the floor Of the Senate, and
Immediately moved the previous question
Senator Barrett, it is useless to remark, is a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

"RUDDYGoRE or the Witch's Curse" Gilbert
and Sulivan's latest effort in the comic opera
line, was roundly Kissed during its first pre-
sentation, and the critics pronounce it dreary
failure. 1t will not do for the American public
to decide from this that the work is worthless,
however. The fact that the authors success
fully guarded against robbery, and for the first
time since the production OF their joint plays
gave the first presentation without the dsad-
vantage of previous appearance of the same in
earbled shape. may have irritated the dramatic
fraternity and led to adverse criticism Such
things have been known to happen before.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

AS tail-twister Senator Ingalls, is entitled
10 the whole bakery
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

THE Supreme Court of the State has up
held the consttu.ionality of the law for the
regulation Of the practice of medicine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

AT the Baltimore charity ball the President
informed a society young man that he had never
danced because he s'never had time to learn. ~
Nonsense; he had plenty of time when he was a
young man playing at studying law. later
when he was sheriff of Erie county or mayor
of Buffalo. He has had plenty of time to learn
to dance if he wanted to. If he had devoted a
few of the hours be gave to playing old sledge or
practcing on clay pipe to the terpischorean
art, be could dance now as we'll as Secretary La
mar or Postmaster-general Villas. Where there's
will there's way. Mr.. Cleveland might have
been much more accomplished man as to his
legs if he had wanted to be.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

Members Of the General abiy icontn0 The journal
Turing he regular session should leaue their Subscriptions
eth directions ,cere cy desire to receive the
~ the journal Counting
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26
" MISTER SPEAKER
% y
"TOur Machinist Again

''[Our Machinist Again.
"Steadfast he stood, gavel in hand.
The bill to pass that caucus plan'd,
Each option move went by the board
AS if 'twere idle wind he heard:
All, save license was tahooed-
And thus he showed his Turpie -tude.'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

In the language of commerce, it is getting
to be something of long haul.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26
No, Indeedy.

Philadelphia Times.
The latest news from Indianapolis furnishes
new proof that the caucus does not always caulk
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

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The American Goldfish has been indicated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26
How the Democrats Put /

ShelbyviiIe Democrat.
Lets go in and take little compromise is
the way they put 1t now
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-26

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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT,
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ANY stock upon which this assessment shall
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PAUL p. BAXTER, proprietor, is the oldest
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The rooms are large, airy and well furnished.
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